"It was a game where we had to have good quality passes to turn the opposition defence to cause them problems, either them slipping or the ball ricocheting off their legss it was quite bobbly. We got them facing their own goal, we gave them issues with the ball bouncing around them.

"We did that better and we had people running without the ball quite aggressively.

"Our wide players, certainly with Peter Lovenkrands coming in off the line, and Wade Elliott running in behind, it gave us more opportunities.

"We got the goal and unfortunately then had the chance that came off the underside of the bar. A bit of the rub of the green there could have gone in our favour.

"Overall the attitude and application and the defensive side, for the full game, I was happy with.

"The attacking side was a big improvement in the second-half. We had to start causing them more problems, which we did.

"And that's what you call game-management. We had to manage the state of the pitch, which is unfortunate for both teams because there's lots of good footballers in both sides.

"It wasn't just taking one or two touches, it was taking three or four to get the ball under control."

Clark changed Blues shape to 4-3-3/4-5-1 to help make them more miserly.

"We've conceded six in the previous two, we lost both games 3-2, that was telling me we had to score three just to get a point.

"That's why one of the pleasing things was that. We've got to build a foundation to go from.

"When we get on our game we've got goals in us, we've got good attacking players. But we have to give ourselves a good base.

"You want to have lots of goals in your teams but sometimes those 1-0 wins get you just as much in terms of points, but they also mean as much as well."